manytimes, our historical ideals of the filipina are limited to maria clara. but we can find many others to consider as ideals.
it’s been about 110 years ago since the philippine revolution and dr. robert l. yoder, fapc wrote 10 years ago during the centennial honoring: “philippine heroines of the revolution: maria clara they were not.”
he tells us of the bravery of the revolutionary heroines gabriela silang, ancient filipina priestesses(babaylan), gregoria bonifacio, melchora aquino aka tandang sora, patrocinia gamboa, hilaria aguinaldo, trinidad tecson, valeriana elises y palma, agueda kahabagan, teresa magbanua and a few others.
don’t miss this hidden away online writeup about filipinas we can look up to.
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